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Shean Williams, the family’s attorney from The Cochran Firm, said: “It’s not fair, it’s not right and it’s not just that this family and other families who had issues and lost loved ones to the police department of this city have not ever gotten justice for those people and those loved ones.”
Attorney Jane Lamberti from The Cochran Firm Cleveland and her client Kay Bailey appeared on ABC News and Fox News. Bailey was injured in June while she was visiting the emergency room of an Atlanta hospital when a driver crashed through the entrance.
Nine days ago, George Floyd died in police custody in a shocking public display of police brutality. For the past week, protests and cries for justice have swept through major cities in the United States. George Floyd’s death is a tragic wake-up call for our society to put an end to both racism and police brutality and push for equal rights and treatment of all African Americans.
After four hours of deliberation, a Montgomery County Ohio jury awarded a verdict of $6,067,830 to the widower of a 34-year-old pregnant woman who died after physicians and hospital staff failed to diagnose pre-eclampsia and eclampsia during the course of her pregnancy while in the care of Good Samaritan Hospital and Dr. Cheryl Gill.
Mr. DuBose was shot and killed during a traffic stop by University of Cincinnati Police Department (UCPD) Officer Ray Tensing on July 19, 2015. After his death, the family and University of Cincinnati officials have met regularly to address areas of concern and work cooperatively toward rebuilding trust between the UCPD and the local Black community.
A seven-year old boy was among an estimated 16 passengers injured in Washington, D.C. when a motorist driving a van crashed into a public Metrobus. Police cited the van’s driver for failing to maintain safe driving speed and failure to stay in his lane.
On August 5, 2014, John Crawford, 22 years old, was talking on his cell phone after picking up a pellet gun, sold by Wal-Mart, from a shelf while shopping for other merchandise at the store. A bystander called 911 to report a person with a gun. Police officers, responding to the call, failed to assess the situation before using lethal force. Crawford was shot and killed minutes later.
Cochran Firm Ohio Attorney Anita Washington, Managing Partner Michael Wright and Attorney Dennis Mulvihill of Cleveland obtained a million dollar settlement for the family of a Cincinnati motorcyclist fatally injured when a motor vehicle turned left into the path of the motorcyclist.
Just days after the police shooting, the suspicions of Mr. Crawford’s friends and loved ones were confirmed. According to the Associated Press, Attorney General Mike DeWine released a brief statement revealing that Mr. Crawford had been holding a MK-177 BB/Pellet rifle, a variable pump air rifle” made by Crosman Corp.
A Canfield Ohio chain reaction crash resulting in a three mile back-up after a one car crash resulted in a chain reaction of multiple cars brings us to look at how we can avoid these Ohio crashes. Chain-reaction crashes are common, particularly on interstate roads with high speed limits.